According to Cal Fire PIO Heather Williams, keeping your bag by your front door is best, so you can easily grab it and go.

Promising solutions are scattered and underused: satellites and sensors; artificial intelligence; drones; autonomous vehicles ...

Evacuation orders that had been in effect for parts of southeast Louisville, including areas BC42, BC43, BC44, LA22 and LA33, ...

Federal scientists are pushing back against viral claims that “mega eruptions” could strike within days, even as they quietly ...

A lawsuit filed Dec. 23 provides 75 examples of building plans seemingly in violation of fire safety regulations designed to ...

"In a disaster scenario, one of your biggest resources is time," Ladris Technologies CEO Leo Zlimen told San Jose Spotlight. ...

Los Angeles County officials released an interactive map of evacuation warnings as a storm is passing through Southern California. The heavy rain has the potential to cause flash flooding and trigger ...

A “very dangerous” atmospheric river storm expected to dump rain in Southern California through Christmas and into the weekend prompted evacuation warnings and orders for residents near recent burn ...

Evacuation warnings were issued for some Los Angeles County residents ahead of a storm that will deliver several days of rain in Southern California. An evacuation warning, urging residents to be ...

A fire started in the food court of the Katy Mills Mall, forcing the evacuation of shoppers on December 20, 2025. (Laura Bolding, Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston ...

Maps shared by the National Weather Service (NWS) and King County Emergency Management in Washington state show where more than 46,000 people were ordered to evacuate around 15 miles south of Seattle ...

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